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Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2013, 13:24:41 schrieb Rich Freeman: |
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> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> |
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wrote: |
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> > What worries me is that we've reached the point where we need the |
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> > Council to define a policy for adding simple text file to packages. |
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> > If maintainers can't work things out then a policy can't fix that. |
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> I do agree that ideally this is often a personal issue. And yet, the |
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> issue still exists. If a dev wants to add a file to a package and the |
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> maintainer refuses the only way for the dev to get that file in is to |
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> just add themselves as a maintainer, add the file, and send bugmail to |
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> /dev/null other than stuff related to the one file they want to |
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> maintain. If the first maintainer walks away in a fit then the only |
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> remaining maintainer ends up leaving as well since the only reason |
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> they were there was to override the desires of the first. |
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Well, that's why being a team player can be equally or even more important |
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than technical expertise. |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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